section 11.6 problems

• 6 - refer to the investigation on page 627
• 8 - exact value means simplified radical expression
• 9 - 9b, solve using your graphing window
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• 11
• "the slope of the awning is 5/12" is the standard way people talk about the pitch of a roof. It mean that for every 5 up the roof is 12 feet long. Thinking about it in the opposite manner, a roof that extends 12 feet horizontally will rise 5 feet vertically.
• 11a is asking for the length of the awning roof, the hypotenuse. 
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section 11.6 additional practice problem

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